Hubble Makes First Measurements of Earth-Sized Exoplanet Atmospheres
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On May 4th, 2016, the Hubble Space Telescope made the first spectroscopic measurements of two of the three known Earth-sized exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system just 40 light-years away. Now the results are in: a thick, puffy, hydrogen-helium atmosphere is likely ruled out from the possible range of atmospheres for these two planets.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Greg Bacon (STScI)
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Editor
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
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Scientists
- Hannah Wakeford (USRA)
- Jennifer Wiseman (NASA/GSFC)
- Julien de Wit (MIT)
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Host
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
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Producer
- Katrina Jackson (USRA) [Lead]
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Videographers
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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